http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Green Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2013 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:17:00 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:17:00 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Philippines-Readies-to-Destroy-National-Ivory-Stock-362092.shtml This coming June 21, several tones of ivory that make up the Philippines' national stock will be destroyed in an attempt to discourage poachers and illegal traffickers.

High officials have announced that, although the Philippines' national ivory stock is estimated to be worth some $6.4M (€4.84M), it will be nonetheless destr... (read more)]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Philippines-Readies-to-Destroy-National-Ivory-Stock-362092.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Philippines-Readies-to-Destroy-National-Ivory-Stock-362092.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Outrage-as-Tourists-in-China-Pose-with-Dying-Dolphin-Instead-of-Helping-It-362075.shtml
Pictures showing a group of men abusing an already injured dolphin made it online only a few days back, and animal rights activists were shocked to see how the marine mammal was treated by those who chanced to find it stranded on a beach.

Sources report that the dol... (read more)]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:32:00 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Outrage-as-Tourists-in-China-Pose-with-Dying-Dolphin-Instead-of-Helping-It-362075.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Outrage-as-Tourists-in-China-Pose-with-Dying-Dolphin-Instead-of-Helping-It-362075.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-Month-Old-Orca-Dies-in-Captivity-361726.shtml A killer whale living in captivity at Loro Parque in the Canary Islands, Spain, passed away over the weekend. The orca reportedly started feeling sick several days before dying, yet its caretakers failed to figure out what was wrong with her and help her overcome her illness.

Veterinarians are unable to say what killed the orca, but promise that... (read more)]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-Month-Old-Orca-Dies-in-Captivity-361726.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-Month-Old-Orca-Dies-in-Captivity-361726.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Air-Pollution-Almost-Doubles-a-Woman-s-Chances-of-Having-an-Autistic-Child-361679.shtml A research whose findings were published in today's issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives establishes a link between exposure to high levels of air pollution and increased chances of having an autistic child.

The researchers who looked into how air pollution influences autism rates say that... (read more)]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:51:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Air-Pollution-Almost-Doubles-a-Woman-s-Chances-of-Having-an-Autistic-Child-361679.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Air-Pollution-Almost-Doubles-a-Woman-s-Chances-of-Having-an-Autistic-Child-361679.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/James-Cameron-Encourages-People-to-Embrace-a-Vegan-Lifestyle-361742.shtml Those who need further proof that giving up on meat and dairy will do absolutely nothing to upset their energy levels need only have one close look at James Cameron. They will see for themselves that embracing an environmentally-friendly diet benefits both the natural world and the individual.

The director/explorer has b... (read more)]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/James-Cameron-Encourages-People-to-Embrace-a-Vegan-Lifestyle-361742.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/James-Cameron-Encourages-People-to-Embrace-a-Vegan-Lifestyle-361742.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/World-Heritage-Committee-Demands-That-Virunga-Oil-Permits-Be-Canceled-361665.shtml On June 17, the World Heritage Committee demanded that permits allowing several companies to roll out oil exploration campaigns close to or within the perimeter of Africa's Virunga National Park be canceled immediately.

The Virunga National Park is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and conservationist... (read more)]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:21:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/World-Heritage-Committee-Demands-That-Virunga-Oil-Permits-Be-Canceled-361665.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/World-Heritage-Committee-Demands-That-Virunga-Oil-Permits-Be-Canceled-361665.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Picture-of-the-Day-Giraffe-Sporting-Two-Heads-Caught-on-Camera-in-Botswana-361773.shtml
The picture was taken by photographer Bruce Turnbull in South Africa's Okavanga Delta in Botswana. Oh, and by the way, I wasn't exactly telling the truth before.

The giraffe featured in this picture does not really have two heads. What happened was that the animal turned just as Brice Turnbull was ... (read more)]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Picture-of-the-Day-Giraffe-Sporting-Two-Heads-Caught-on-Camera-in-Botswana-361773.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Picture-of-the-Day-Giraffe-Sporting-Two-Heads-Caught-on-Camera-in-Botswana-361773.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Adorable-Twin-Gorillas-Born-at-Burgers-Zoo-in-the-Netherlands-361767.shtml
Zoo keepers were quite shocked when they entered N'Gayla's enclosure and found that she had delivered two baby gorillas.

Sources say that, although employees at this animal sanctuary knew that the mother gorilla was expecting, they had absolutely no idea that she was pregnant with twins.

“At first I did not expect to see twins. I... (read more)]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Adorable-Twin-Gorillas-Born-at-Burgers-Zoo-in-the-Netherlands-361767.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Adorable-Twin-Gorillas-Born-at-Burgers-Zoo-in-the-Netherlands-361767.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Logging-Contributes-Greatly-to-Climate-Change-Global-Warming-361381.shtml A new paper published in a recent issue of the journal Global Change Biology-Bioenergy details how logging in temperate climates fuels climate change and global warming by destabilizing the carbon presently stored in forest soils across the world.

The researchers who investigated this issue explain that, once released fr... (read more)]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:51:01 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Logging-Contributes-Greatly-to-Climate-Change-Global-Warming-361381.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Logging-Contributes-Greatly-to-Climate-Change-Global-Warming-361381.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Captivity-Makes-Killer-Whales-Live-Up-to-Their-Name-361369.shtml In 2010, a killer whale held in captivity at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida turned against its trainer and attacked her in front of a horrified audience. The attack resulted in Dawn Brancheau's death.

Dawn was not Tilikum's first victim. In 1991, the marine mammal killed Keltie Byrne, and in 1999, it pulled a man that had jumped in... (read more)]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:21:01 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Captivity-Makes-Killer-Whales-Live-Up-to-Their-Name-361369.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Captivity-Makes-Killer-Whales-Live-Up-to-Their-Name-361369.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ethan-Hawke-Wants-to-Be-an-Eco-Terrorist-361553.shtml
In a recent interview, actor Ethan Hawke said that he secretly fantasized about being an environmental-terrorist and protecting our planet's biodiversity against oil spills, deforestation and whatnot.

“If I was in a situation where I could get away with a... (read more)]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ethan-Hawke-Wants-to-Be-an-Eco-Terrorist-361553.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ethan-Hawke-Wants-to-Be-an-Eco-Terrorist-361553.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Baboon-Shot-Dead-by-Keeper-at-Knowsley-Safari-Park-in-Merseyside-England-361539.shtml
Sources say that the baboon made a run for it not because it wanted to have a taste of freedom, but because it got into a fight with several other males and risked being injured by them.

“At 8.20am on Sunday morning, the animal emergency procedure was activated after an adult male baboon was chased out of the enclosure by ... (read more)]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:41:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Baboon-Shot-Dead-by-Keeper-at-Knowsley-Safari-Park-in-Merseyside-England-361539.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Baboon-Shot-Dead-by-Keeper-at-Knowsley-Safari-Park-in-Merseyside-England-361539.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Watch-Teen-Hitches-a-Ride-On-a-Whale-Shark-361525.shtml
By the looks of it, the shark was nearly as big as Chris Kreis' boat. Still, this did not stop the teenager from jumping on its back, grabbing hold of its fin and enjoying a relatively smooth ride.

Chris says that he let go of the shark the mom... (read more)]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:21:01 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Watch-Teen-Hitches-a-Ride-On-a-Whale-Shark-361525.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Watch-Teen-Hitches-a-Ride-On-a-Whale-Shark-361525.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Japan-Doesn-t-Feel-Like-Letting-CITES-Protect-Sharks-361518.shtml
Japan does not really approve of CITES' working agenda, hence the fact that Japanese high officials have repeatedly objected to the organization's plans of better regulating the trade of five shark species that risk becoming extinct in the no... (read more)]]> Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Japan-Doesn-t-Feel-Like-Letting-CITES-Protect-Sharks-361518.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Japan-Doesn-t-Feel-Like-Letting-CITES-Protect-Sharks-361518.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Miss-USA-Winners-Bare-All-Say-They-d-Rather-Wear-Nothing-Than-Wear-Fur-361202.shtml
The four beauties recently joined hands with green-oriented organization PETA and rolled out a new anti-fur campaign.

Thus, the ladies got r... (read more)]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:51:01 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Miss-USA-Winners-Bare-All-Say-They-d-Rather-Wear-Nothing-Than-Wear-Fur-361202.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Miss-USA-Winners-Bare-All-Say-They-d-Rather-Wear-Nothing-Than-Wear-Fur-361202.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fish-on-Prozac-Zoloft-Turn-Celibate-Display-Aggressive-Behaviors-361219.shtml
More precisely, the fish seem to lose their interest in looking for a mate. What's more, they behave aggressively, meaning that they attack and sometimes even kill others of their kind.

According to Daily Mail, the fish also isolate themselves from the rest of the group. Needless to say, this makes them significantly more vulnerable ... (read more)]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:41:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fish-on-Prozac-Zoloft-Turn-Celibate-Display-Aggressive-Behaviors-361219.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fish-on-Prozac-Zoloft-Turn-Celibate-Display-Aggressive-Behaviors-361219.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Watch-Fox-Cub-Gets-Its-Head-Stuck-in-a-Jar-Asks-People-for-Help-361186.shtml
The clip above shows a fox cub asking to be rescued by several men walking about a forested area. The cub needs help because it somehow managed to get its head stuck inside a jar.

Foxes might be smart, but they don't have opposable thumbs (or hands, for that matter), so the baby fox had little chances of getting its head out of the jar on its... (read more)]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Watch-Fox-Cub-Gets-Its-Head-Stuck-in-a-Jar-Asks-People-for-Help-361186.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Watch-Fox-Cub-Gets-Its-Head-Stuck-in-a-Jar-Asks-People-for-Help-361186.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pod-of-Killer-Whales-Visits-Vancouver-361226.shtml
However, people living in Vancouver had an unexpected and very pleasant surprise when a pod of killer whales decided to do some human-watching and dropped by for a visit.

The marine mammals were spotted swimming close to Stanley Park this past Friday. The whales eventually made their way into Vancouver Harbor, HuffPost says.

Tw... (read more)]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:51:01 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pod-of-Killer-Whales-Visits-Vancouver-361226.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pod-of-Killer-Whales-Visits-Vancouver-361226.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cat-Running-for-Mayor-in-Mexico-PETA-Offers-Its-Support-to-the-Candigato-361192.shtml
PETA fully supports the “candigato”’s candidature, but that's only because it has a hidden agenda.

Long story short: the organization hopes that, once Morris becomes Xalapa's new mayor, he will ask citizens to sp... (read more)]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19:31:01 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cat-Running-for-Mayor-in-Mexico-PETA-Offers-Its-Support-to-the-Candigato-361192.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cat-Running-for-Mayor-in-Mexico-PETA-Offers-Its-Support-to-the-Candigato-361192.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/World-s-Population-Will-Reach-11-Billion-by-2100-UN-warns-361211.shtml
Previous studies estimated that global population would only grow to about 10.1 billion people within said timeframe.

The UN explains that this unexpected growth in our planet's population will largely be due to the fact that more people are being born in Africa.

“The fertility decline in Africa has slowed dow... (read more)]]> Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/World-s-Population-Will-Reach-11-Billion-by-2100-UN-warns-361211.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/World-s-Population-Will-Reach-11-Billion-by-2100-UN-warns-361211.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mother-Snapping-Turtle-Beaten-to-Death-in-Delavan-Wisconsin-361124.shtml
After analyzing the wounds on its body, officials working with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources concluded that it had most likely been beaten to death with golf clubs.

To make matters even worse, it appears that the turtle was killed while it was looking ... (read more)]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:51:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mother-Snapping-Turtle-Beaten-to-Death-in-Delavan-Wisconsin-361124.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mother-Snapping-Turtle-Beaten-to-Death-in-Delavan-Wisconsin-361124.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Turtle-Sporting-Nail-Polish-and-Glitter-on-Its-Shell-Rescued-by-Conservationists-361084.shtml
The animal was taken to the Wildlife Center, whose employees concluded that the turtle most likely ended up looking like this because an artist wannabe saw fit to try out their hand at painting by decorating the animal's shell.

"Box turtles have this great na... (read more)]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:51:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Turtle-Sporting-Nail-Polish-and-Glitter-on-Its-Shell-Rescued-by-Conservationists-361084.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Turtle-Sporting-Nail-Polish-and-Glitter-on-Its-Shell-Rescued-by-Conservationists-361084.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pin-Up-Girls-in-Chicago-Give-People-Free-Gas-Vegan-Sandwiches-361070.shtml
Those who took them up on that offer and happened to be among the first 15 customers in line even got a free gallon of gas, which the girls themselves pumped into their car.

The PETA activists, who by the way were dressed in retro auto-mechanic outfits, also held up signs reading as fol... (read more)]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:41:01 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pin-Up-Girls-in-Chicago-Give-People-Free-Gas-Vegan-Sandwiches-361070.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pin-Up-Girls-in-Chicago-Give-People-Free-Gas-Vegan-Sandwiches-361070.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Watch-Stars-Take-a-Stand-Against-Nuclear-Weapons-361057.shtml
The video above was released by Global Zero just a few days before this meeting between the two presidents.

It features celebrities we all know and look up to, all of whom have one wish: seeing the world entirely free of nuclear weapons.

Alec Baldwin, Matt Damon, Whoopi Goldberg, Robert De Niro an... (read more)]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Watch-Stars-Take-a-Stand-Against-Nuclear-Weapons-361057.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Watch-Stars-Take-a-Stand-Against-Nuclear-Weapons-361057.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Picture-of-the-Day-Frog-Sits-on-Its-Bottom-Appears-to-Be-Doing-Yoga-361139.shtml
The picture was reportedly taken by 45-year-old Angela Nelson close to her home in Bristol.

Angela says that she has often seen the frog assume this yoga-like position. At first, she believed something was wrong with the animal, but she later discovered that it was jus... (read more)]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Picture-of-the-Day-Frog-Sits-on-Its-Bottom-Appears-to-Be-Doing-Yoga-361139.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Picture-of-the-Day-Frog-Sits-on-Its-Bottom-Appears-to-Be-Doing-Yoga-361139.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Company-Wants-to-Build-Solar-Powered-Wooden-Skyscraper-in-Stockholm-361021.shtml Danish design firm C.F. Møller has recently unveiled plans for the construction of a state-of-the-art solar-powered wooden skyscraper in Stockholm.

During the past few years, architects have taken an interest in the possibility of using timber to build not just relatively small structures, but also big ones... (read more)]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Company-Wants-to-Build-Solar-Powered-Wooden-Skyscraper-in-Stockholm-361021.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Company-Wants-to-Build-Solar-Powered-Wooden-Skyscraper-in-Stockholm-361021.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cost-for-2012-s-Natural-Disasters-in-the-US-Exceeds-110-Billion-82-44-billion-NCDC-Says-361009.shtml A new report released by the US National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) this June 13 highlights 2012's financial losses linked to climate change and global warming.

The NCDC shows that, over the course of just 12 months, the US suffered natural disasters-induced damages amounting to $110 billion (... (read more)]]> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:37:00 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cost-for-2012-s-Natural-Disasters-in-the-US-Exceeds-110-Billion-82-44-billion-NCDC-Says-361009.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cost-for-2012-s-Natural-Disasters-in-the-US-Exceeds-110-Billion-82-44-billion-NCDC-Says-361009.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Coal-Pollution-Causes-Over-22-300-Yearly-Premature-Deaths-in-Europe-Alone-360741.shtml Environmental pollution caused by the practice of using coal as an energy source triggers roughly 22,300 yearly premature deaths in Europe alone, University of Stuttgart researchers write in a new report.

The report was commissioned by Greenpeace in anticipation for its “End the Age of Coal” camp... (read more)]]> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Coal-Pollution-Causes-Over-22-300-Yearly-Premature-Deaths-in-Europe-Alone-360741.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Coal-Pollution-Causes-Over-22-300-Yearly-Premature-Deaths-in-Europe-Alone-360741.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Watch-Robert-Redford-Asks-President-Obama-to-Keep-His-Word-Act-on-Climate-Change-360793.shtml
One of them is keeping your word and taking measures to fight back climate change and global warming before it is too late.

In a new ad, made available to you in the video above, actor Robert Redford urges President Obama to roll out rules and regulations aimed at phasing out coal as... (read more)]]> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:51:01 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Watch-Robert-Redford-Asks-President-Obama-to-Keep-His-Word-Act-on-Climate-Change-360793.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/Watch-Robert-Redford-Asks-President-Obama-to-Keep-His-Word-Act-on-Climate-Change-360793.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru) http://news.softpedia.com/news/56-000-42-068-Reward-Promised-to-Whomever-Helps-Catch-Conservationist-s-Murderer-360783.shtml
As reported, the 26-year-old conservationist was brutally murdered after being kidnapped while he was walking the beaches in Costa Rica, looking to keep turtles and their eggs safe from poachers.

Mongabay reports that the reward has upped to this impressive sum over these past few days, after sev... (read more)]]> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:41:01 GMT Softpedia News - Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/56-000-42-068-Reward-Promised-to-Whomever-Helps-Catch-Conservationist-s-Murderer-360783.shtml Green http://news.softpedia.com/news/56-000-42-068-Reward-Promised-to-Whomever-Helps-Catch-Conservationist-s-Murderer-360783.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Laura Sinpetru)